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Chinese symbol for “collude”

串通
chuàn tōng
to collude; to collaborate; to gang up

The closest CC-CEDICT match for collude is 串通 (chuàn tōng), defined as: to collude; to collaborate; to gang up.

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Characters and stroke order

串 chuàn
string; relatives; to conspire
radical 2 ⼁ · 7 strokes
通 tōng
to pass through, to open, to connect; to communicate; common
radical 162 ⾡ · 11 strokes

Other Chinese words for “collude”

WordPinyinMeaning
伙同huǒ tóngto collude; in collusion with
勾gōuto attract; to arouse
通同tōng tóngto collude; to gang up on
挂钩 (掛鉤)guà gōuto couple; to link; to hook together; (fig.) (preceded by 与 (yǔ) + {entity}) to establish contact (with {entity}); (Tw) to collude (with {entity})
连手 (連手)lián shǒuconcerted action; to collude (in dishonesty)

Related words

Other words that share a character with 串通.

WordPinyinMeaning
一连串 (一連串)yī lián chuàna succession of; a series of
串联 (串聯)chuàn liánto establish ties; to contact; (electricity) to connect (components) in series
串流chuàn liú(Tw) (of music, video etc) to be streamed; (as a noun or attributive) streaming
字符串zì fú chuànstring (computing)
客串kè chuànto appear on stage in an amateur capacity; (of a professional) to make a guest appearance
通过 (通過)tōng guòto pass through; to get through; to adopt (a resolution); to pass (legislation)
交通jiāo tōngto be connected; traffic
通常tōng chángregular; usual; normal; usually; normally

See also: Japanese symbol for “collude”.

Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.